CVE-2016-20009
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2021 at 09:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
15 products affected across 2 vendorsVxworksSgt A65 FirmwareSgt 400 Firmware
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
6.5 ≤ v ≤ 7.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdfCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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